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Montreal mayor calls for better adaptation after weekend floods
Ferrada said Montreal should upgrade sewers and add retention basins after torrential rains flooded homes and streets and closed Highway 40.
- Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada urged the city to upgrade its sewer system and invest in retention basins following torrential weekend rains that flooded homes and streets across multiple boroughs.
- A severe rainstorm on Saturday, June 20 flooded Montreal's west island borough of Pointe Claire, leaving cars abandoned and forcing closures of local roads and Highway 40.
- Montreal is weighing budgetary priorities to accelerate infrastructure projects, specifically investing in retention basins that absorb rainwater and reduce pressure on the drainage network.
- Martinez Ferrada visited the Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough where she expressed sympathy for residents coping with flooded basements and damaged belongings from the weekend deluge.
- She warned that climate-driven heavier rainfall may overwhelm even upgraded systems; the exceptional volume of up to 150 millimetres within hours exceeded current infrastructure capacity.
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Montreal mayor calls for better adaptation after weekend floods
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says the city must adapt its infrastructure to withstand more frequent and intense rainfall events driven by climate change.
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